Access to the RE:FIT programme, including management & Co-ordination support

Identifying funding opportunities and assisting with preparation of bid submissions

Energy Procurement and Invoicing

The Royal Borough procures its energy through the Central Purchasing Body LASER, whose flexible procurement approach offers an advanced means with which to control the risk inherent in the energy market, whilst also achieving greater leverage with suppliers and more competitive unit rates by aggregating energy volume requirements.

The current LASER energy contract runs until 30 September 2020, and has invited all schools to opt in to this arrangement.

Supplies procured by LASER are either placed into a Fully Managed (FM) or Procurement Only Service Option (POSO) arrangement. The decision on which procurement arrangement to place a supply in to is based on consumption – with larger consuming supplies benefitting from the additional invoice validation that the Fully Managed service provides. The additional fee charged for this service is offset against the savings generated from the identification and resolution of billing errors. Both options provide:

Schools that have opted into the Council’s contract arrangement with LASER also benefit from:

Arrangement of free Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) devices to all eligible gas and electricity supplies to ensure accurate billing and monitoring for electricity, gas and water consumption.

Meter reading reminders for procurement only customers, to ensure that schools only pay for the energy they use and are not billed on estimated readings. Meter readings should be sent to: meter.reading@laserenergy.org.uk

Access to the Council’s Energy Management Software for active consumption monitoring and forecasting.

The initiation and resolution of queries and disputes with energy suppliers, where required.

RE:FIT Energy performance programme

RE:FIT London is the award-winning and tried and tested programme to help make London’s nondomestic public buildings and assets more energy efficient. Established in 2009, the programme not only reduces carbon emissions, but also results in large guaranteed cost savings for the public sector. RBG and RE:FIT can help your school:

Identify and guarantee cost savings

Acquire interest free loans to fund measures

Improve comfort and enhance the learning

Reduce GHG emissions and improve air quality

Energy conservation measures implemented:

Lighting replacement and upgrade, including LED lights and automatic occupancy controls

Electronic descaling of hot water system

Optimisation of the building management system

Insulation of valves and pipes in the plant room

Refrigeration motor control

Programmable electronic thermostatic radiator valves throughout the school

Temperature and time controls for heaters

Costs

The cost for the mandatory energy monitoring and reporting service is £412 per school. This charge applies to all schools and children’s centres, regardless of whether a school has opted into the Council’s energy contract procurement arrangement. These charges are issued automatically on an annual basis.

All schools have already been contacted about whether they wish to continue with LASER for their energy procurement. Unless you have not yet returned your confirmation form you do not need to do anything.

If you have any questions regarding your current energy contract arrangements or energy efficiency measures available please contact us.